Mexico weekly ledger., 1887-10-20

Sergeant. wash sakao warrant auas
- arrest mase softly Inquired Carl
0aador. rs se slptos,s 5Ssa the Wood.
bridge street statiouhaaSe,
Not tlsas know ef~whya" replied
SergL Renisf.
''Fhell. two or three days ago a
strange ma GENES in my place, Was
( Carl nuuderp | vaas. All right
Mr.. nunaer, | yahs of the heard q.
health, uad | like IL leok Ia yssss
cellar for dead rats uad cholera. De
Gems all right to me. u,d | hight De
candle und he goes DOM. He NaA4
gone a long time, una ven he ONE Up
he says Diet cellar vhas al right, lie
vahs in New York, Chicago. Toledo
and odder places, und he neasas ses
seoch Il clean place.
Some swiadler. of course"
'.Ehell. in der afternoons anoades
mans yhaiAs in oa me. Was | Carl
DUnder? | vhas, alt right, Nh.
Dunder. shas dot eve In Your ,S.lor
all right: If he wasn't, dot sewer gas
fills der whole place uad You ylas
taken to der boneyard, Dot seems all
right. .und | let him go down. lie
vhas gone a good while. und he Gomez
SDt "e - SS asa Ast@{AIts NEktkN
cinnati, Syracuse, uud Baltimore, und
u naatsr see sooeh . sewer pefore."
'.He was another swindler."
well. dis morning the third man
comes in. Was | Carl nundera !
vhas. All right, Mr.. Dunder, | yhas
the lire commissioner, Maybe yatlr
cellar vhas al right il YOU vhas cus oil
by fire, und maybe She needs i
ire-escapes. Please light dot candle
und | shall see. He vhas gone twenty
minutes, und when he comes oop ne
wipes of his shin nit his elbow. Dot
put some ideas in my hedt, but he saws
he vas in Kansas City. Omaha, Mil
waukee. und he neafer see a cellar
S1ed ocr Ike mine. In case of fire ne
could slump out like Il rabbit"
What a greenhorn you are!'
''Vhell maype | yahs. | go down
cellar pooty quick to look aroundt, uad
I lind dot dose fellers drink three bot.
tles of my wine und shteal some mora
Dot vhas Il game on me, sergeant"
"Of course it was"
''Vheil, | made oop my mind dot der
aext Teller pays for all. He vhas
sweet und shmiliug. Vhas / Car,
Dunder, l vaks. Ali right. Mr.. Dun
der, l like to &c down cellar to see
"WhatP"
.'Shust abeudt dot time | shump Tor
tim, uud in two minutes he vhas pull
Terized. make a mop of him, und /
smash two tables nit his heels. He
crawls out doors after a while, und
when he wash gone half an hour my
telephone rings. Hello: Was dis
Carl Dunder? He vhas. Vhell Mr.
Dunder, you half almost killed der
mans we sent to read your gas meter
ind she viii cost you $500 to settle"
NO. And you pounded the wrong
man"
.'Vheil. how can / helpite One day
a false expressmau brings me a shtone
in a package. und collects so cents.
Der next day annodder man brings me
a package, und after | lick him / find
she Was a bundle from der shtore.
One MAI comes in and collects money
20 build a shurch. He vhas a shwind-
Ter, und | look oudt. / gif der next
man some awful kicks. und he proofs
dot he vhas a preacher. You sec. it
shas all because nobody vhas like him
self two times, sergeant"
..Well!''
Il yhas going home, und go to bedt
I vhas sick all oafer. If ten h~oonered
men come to shwindle me it vhas all
right, ind | doan' say a word. II
you ring oop my telephone to-nigh:
und | vhas hanged by der neck in der
wood-shed you can say dot | died be-
cause of sooch a queer country
Detroit Free Press.